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Live music fills Vermont’s hills this summer

By Stacia A. Spaulding ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC Calling all music lovers. The Telegraph has brought dozens of musical events in the region together in one place so you can plan your summer schedule. Our Calendar of Events contains additional information about several listings. Cavendish Summer Concert Series Concerts are held on Wednesdays from 6 […]

Caps off to the 48 Green Mountain High grads!

By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC Weeks of rainy weather made for some uncertainty, but with a forecast of just hazy to cloudy skies on Friday night, Green Mountain Union High School graduated 48 students, with 46 walking for their diplomas. Principal John Broadley told the crowds of parents and friends gathered that […]

No Kings rally in Chester attracts large, peaceful crowd to protest Trump policies

By Cynthia Prairie ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC It was just another damp and cloudy spring Saturday, except for the folks that began gathering on the Chester Green short before 10 a.m. to set up tents and a sound system preparing for the 10:30 national No Kings Nationwide Day of Defiance rally organized locally by the […]

CAES educators join statewide Friday morning protest of Vermont education reform bill

By Cynthia Prairie ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC The educators are concerned. They say that the proposed state law H 454 to remake Vermont’s public education system, which is to be voted on on Monday in the Vermont Senate, has been rushed and filled with too many holes. It seeks to reform the governance, the finance […]

GM board votes down sole candidate; to restart the process of filling Chester vacancy

By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC In yet another in a collection of remarkable meetings, the Green Mountain Unified School District Board last Wednesday voted down the only candidate for the open seat representing Chester. Patricia “Penny” Benelli, a longtime Chester resident who holds a degree in education and recently retired from practicing […]

Chester board hears GM appointment complaints, police on immigration enforcement

By Shawn Cunningham 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC As the clock ticked toward 6:30 and the conference room on the first floor of Chester’s Town Hall began to fill up, it looked like the May 21 Select Board meeting would be another long one with multiple comments by residents on several issues currently roiling the public […]

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  • Op-ed: AG Clark stands strong to safeguard our democracy and Constitution

    Op-ed: AG Clark stands strong to safeguard our democracy and Constitution

    By Nick Boke It’s been quite a while since many of us have felt so positive. We — the very active members of the Chester Town Democratic Committee  and others — have been busy ever since Donald Trump took office. Trump’s inauguration got the half-dozen stalwarts who showed up for monthly CTDC meetings to jump […]

  • Generational wealth: A family matriarch's legacy of women

    Generational wealth: A family matriarch’s legacy of women

    By Cynthia Prairie ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC When people talk about generational wealth, they usually mean inheritances, either in land, jewelry, stocks, money etc.  In the case of Edith Hussey, 96, of Windham, her generational wealth is in the children she has had and the offspring they have produced. This very special photo, sent to […]

  • Summer Reading Program at Derry Library starts June 14

    Summer Reading Program at Derry Library starts June 14

    The South Londonderry Free Library, 15 Old School Road, kicks off its summer reading for kids at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 14 with a workshop led by art teacher Casey Junker Bailey. Junker Bailey will introduce children to the colorful world of Henri Matisse. Attendees will make a series of bold collages inspired by […]

  • June programs at the Cavendish Historical Society

    June programs at the Cavendish Historical Society

    The Cavendish Historical Society Museum, 1958 Main St. (Route 131) is now open for the season from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sundays. All programs are free and open to the public; donations are appreciated. History Through Craft Workshop: 4 to 7 p.m., Friday, June 13 at Proctorsville Market on the Proctorsville Green, intersection of […]

  • Thrive Thrift Store in Ascutney celebrates grand opening

    Thrive Thrift Store in Ascutney celebrates grand opening

    Thrive Thrift Store & Community Resource Center officially celebrated its grand opening at 5087 US-5, Unit C in Ascutney, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 23, marking an exciting new chapter for this vital community resource. The event was hosted by the Springfield Regional Chamber of Commerce. “We run on volunteers at the moment,” said […]

  • To the editor: Housing, education and a tentative meeting in Grafton

    To the editor: Housing, education and a tentative meeting in Grafton

    Hello Neighbors, The Vermont General Assembly is still in session as of the writing of this note, which is Sunday, May 25.  The complexity of the bills under consideration and the work needed to find consensus have kept us in Montpelier longer than usual to get the work done. I am hopeful that this will […]

  • To the editor: School officials fail to see central importance of Flood Brook School to community

    To the editor: School officials fail to see central importance of Flood Brook School to community

    Editor’s Note: The following is an open letter to the Taconic & Green School Board and the Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union. Dear Members of the Taconic & Green School Board and BRSU, I’m writing as a parent of two students at Flood Brook School, a community member and a third-generation graduate of Flood Brook to express […]

  • Vermont Land Review Board seeks public input on Act 250's impact on wood manufacturers

    Vermont Land Review Board seeks public input on Act 250’s impact on wood manufacturers

    The Vermont Land Use Review Board is hosting a public meeting from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Monday, June 16 to receive public input on a draft report that makes recommendations concerning Act 250 regulation of wood products manufacturers. Vermont’s Act 250 development review program is undergoing significant changes following the passage of Act 181 […]

  • Andover Select Board agenda for June 9

    Andover Select Board agenda for June 9

    The Andover Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday June 9, 2025 at the Andover Town Office, 953 Weston-Andover Road. Below is the board’s agenda. 1. Call Meeting to Order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes of May 27th meeting. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: Five minutes per […]

  • Attorney General Clark to speak at Chester Town Hall June 9

    Attorney General Clark to speak at Chester Town Hall June 9

    Do you want to learn more about what actions Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark has been taking to protect the rule of law and Vermont’s sovereignty, including the impact of federal actions on the state? From 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday, June 9, Clark will be at the Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St. […]

  • Henry Homeyer: Gardening in difficult conditions

    Henry Homeyer: Gardening in difficult conditions

    By Henry Homeyer ©2025 Telegraph Publishing The very last day of May this year surprised me: we got 3 inches of rain in a little over 12 hours. Although not unheard of, it came after a month when we often got an inch or 2 of rain over a two or three day period. The […]

  • To the editor: Why did the GMUSD board reject Benelli?

    To the editor: Why did the GMUSD board reject Benelli?

    Editor’s note: This is an open letter to the board of the Green Mountain Unified School District. Dear Members of the GMUSD Board, Let me begin by apologizing for my brief outburst as I left the GMUSD meeting last Wednesday. I don’t remember what I said, but to have commented at all was inappropriate. And […]

  • College News

    College News

    Grayson Frazer of Springfield, an Exercise Science major, was named to the President’s List for the spring 2025 term at Trine University in Angola, Ind.  To earn President’s List honors, Trine University students must complete a minimum of 12 hours and have a grade point average of 3.750-4.000. Ashley Newton of Cavendish was named to […]

  • A busy summer ahead at Londonderry Arts & Historical Society

    A busy summer ahead at Londonderry Arts & Historical Society

    The Londonderry Arts and Historical Society has several events planned for the summer. All will take place at its headquarters, the Custer Sharp House located at 2461 Middletown Road. It is open from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays or by appointment. At its annual meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, June […]

  • Fourth Annual 'Age Successfully' Fair June 13 in Ludlow

    Fourth Annual ‘Age Successfully’ Fair June 13 in Ludlow

    Senior Solutions, Area Agency on Aging for Southeastern Vermont, in partnership with Black River Good Neighbor Services, will be hosting the 4th Annual Age Successfully, A Health & Benefits Fair, from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Friday, June 13 at the Ludlow Community Center, 37 Main St. This event is free and open to […]

  • Chester's 78th Alumni Parade set for June 7

    Chester’s 78th Alumni Parade set for June 7

    Excitement is building as Chester gears up for the 78th Annual Alumni Parade, which is set to take place on Saturday, June 7. This year’s theme is “Cartoons.” The weekend festivities kick off with a casual social evening at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 6 at American Legion Post 67, 51 Legion Way, off Route […]

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